1.1 Introduction
When I fly across the country, I often pass the hours programming on
my PowerBook. If that programming involves MySQL, I inevitably end up
lugging around the book I co-wrote, Managing and Using
MySQL (O'Reilly). I
don't carry around the book to show it off; the
problem is that no matter how experienced you are with MySQL, you
never know when you will need to look up the exact syntax of an
obscure function or SQL statement.The MySQL Pocket Reference is a quick reference
that you can take with you anywhere you go. Instead of racking your
brain for the exact syntax of a variant of ALTER
TABLE that you generally never use, you can reach into your
laptop case and grab this reference. As an experienced MySQL
architect, administrator, or programmer, you can look to this
reference.This book does not, however, teach MySQL. I expect that you have
learned or are in the process of learning MySQL from a book such as
Managing and Using MySQL. Though I start with a
reference on MySQL installation, it is designed to help you remember
the full process of MySQL installationnot to teach you the
process.
1.1.1 Acknowledgments
I first would like to thank my editor Andy Oram, as always, for
helping me along. I would also like to thank the
book's strong technical reviewers, Paul Dubois,
Justen Stepka, and Tim Allwine. Finally, I would like to thank my
co-authors for Managing and Using MySQL, Tim
King and Randy Jay Yarger, who helped set the foundation that made
this pocket reference possible and necessary.
1.1.2 Conventions
The following conventions are used in this book:
Constant width
Used to indicate anything that might appear in a program, including
keywords, function names, SQL commands, and variable names. This font
is also used for code examples, output displayed by commands, and
system configuration files.
Constant width bold
Used to indicate user input.
Constant width italic
Used to indicate an element (e.g., a filename or variable) that you
supply.
Italic
Used to indicate directory names, filenames, program names, Unix
commands, and URLs. This font is also used to introduce new terms and
for emphasis.
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